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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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